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The secret European Union mandate to negotiate the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) was leaked. Member of the European Parliament Jens Holms said the document has confirmed his fears.
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Lutz Heilmann, an MP of the party fraction "DIE LINKE" in the German Parliament uses a court injunction to cut off the domain of the German Wikipedia.de. DIE LINKE originates from the governing party of the German Democratic Republic SED and underwent several transformations. The case relates to allegations of an sms blackmail and an alleged participation in a sex shop business of a former partner and drew attention to his former service as an object protector of the GDR State security services.
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Digital Majority publishes an open letter from the standards researcher from Dutch Technical University of Delft concerning "Interoperability between multi-vendor OOXML applications"
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Judge Miriam Hall Patel, who presided over the case that killed off original Napster, is proposing that "Manufacturers and developers would need approval from this body before introducing an application or device capable of recording, distributing or copying music to consumers. The body would include technology experts to aid in making those decisions quickly -- Patel described this as "sort of like the FDA, but much faster."".
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The Soviet Internet where all software that runs on the internet needs to be certified by the State has arrived in France. The rapporteur over the law Hadopi (Internet and Creations) in the French Senate, Mr Tholliere (UMP, same party as Sarkozy), is proposing that all software running on the internet should have a stamp from the State in order to be legal.
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The Council is discussing measures to curb infringements of patented progress bars and others counterfeited shoes. ACTA and other monsters are discussed behind Council closed doors.
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The access to patent data discriminates user of the Ubuntu Operating system.
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I am following the Telecom Package amendments fiasco, here are some ideas for reforming the process of adoption of the laws in Europe, without any need to change the treaties.
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Commission pays Microsoft each year 226EUR for its office infrastructure. Commission has approx 36,000 users. Make the math. Commission makes also "open" tenders which prefers Microsoft products.
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In order to find out what your members of European Parliament are doing, you need some special software. Europe by Satellite (EBS) is only for those people who have the right software.
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In 2000 Tauchert spoke open about the commercial benefit of the patent system for patent examiners and the lack of need for economic analysis.
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This press release of SUEPO, the Staff Union of the EPO, says everything about the problems of the institution.
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And Commissioner Nelly Kroes responds on behalf of the Commission.
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The ICT at the crossroads document of the Commission failed to address the field of Open Source in the line with the Lisbon strategy, finds Romeva i Rueda. The problem he identifies is the promotion of patented standards.
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The Trilaterals report shows that the EPO tries to get some economists on board. To get the perspective right they dismiss a microeconomic approach as a macroeconomic report would be more suitable to support strategic considerations.
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It is almost impossible to buy a laptop without Microsoft Windows pre-installed, and it is almost impossible to buy an Apple iPhone without a subscription to a particular phone provider.
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An MEP has written a question on the use of patented standards within public administrations. The position of the DG Enterprise is definitely to prefer RAND patented standards, and exclude free software from public administrations.
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The Commission has issued a communication to the Council and Parliament on Digital TV, where they mention the problem of patents and open standards for the DVB-H standard, which is subject to a patent tax in the form of royalties collected by MPEG-LA.
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A report on "Cultural Industries" will be adopted next Tuesday in the European Parliament (CULT committee) which is requesting the suspension of internet connections for those who download, together with mandatory internet filtering measures for ISPs all over Europe. The amendment is proposed by british MEP Christopher Heaton-Harris. Some other amendments also covers "P2P website designers". It might be a good idea to contact MEPs members of CULT and ask them to reject this intrusive proposal.
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Marks & Clerk, a patent attorneys firm, is organizing a pro-software patent conference "Software Patents - What IT Practitioners Need To Know" in London next 31st January. From the lawyers point of view: "Many American businesses are adept at using software patents to their advantage".
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